BOTHELL, Wash., Sept. 21 -- Aculight Corp., a developer of laser technologies, has won two Small Business Innovation Research program grants, a Phase II contract from the Department of Energy (DOE) for $750,000, and a Phase I contract from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for $100,000. The DOE award will fund development of a compact, rugged, efficient, short-pulse fiber laser source that can operate over a wide repetition rate range for use in active imaging and remote sensing systems. 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